Category Archives: Writing a best seller

Maven Didn’t Make It.

Posted on March 12, 2008 by Charlotte Henley Babb

Penguin posted their top ten list of entries for the Amazon Breakout Novel Award. Maven didn’t make it, but then neither did 90 other semifinalists. I don’t feel so bad. I do have a book listed at Amazon (Port Nowhere) and … Continue reading →

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Media Me! Next Best Selling Author!

Posted on March 4, 2008 by Charlotte Henley Babb

[youtube:http://youtube.com/watch?v=vWUtZzt1swc] This post is trying out the Easy Tube plugin.  The video is my entry for the Simpleology Next Best Selling Author competition.  Now that I have gotten through the logisitics of makein a video the first time, I’m ready to … Continue reading →

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Publisher’s Weekly Review of Maven Fairy Godmother Excerpt

Posted on February 6, 2008 by Charlotte Henley Babb

I am so thrilled to get a pre-publication review of Maven Fairy Godmother from Publisher’s Weekly on the Amazon Breakout Novel Award promotion!   I am certainly willing to “smooth out the prose.” Manuscript Review by Publishers Weekly, an independent organization Maven, … Continue reading →

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Semi-Finalist at Amazon!

Posted on January 21, 2008 by Charlotte Henley Babb

I got word today that my novel, Maven Fairy Godmother, is a semi-finalist in Amazon.com’s Breakout Novel Contest. By all means, go over a give it a free read, and tell me what you think.  I am glad to have made … Continue reading →

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Novel Structure and a Hook

Posted on January 12, 2008 by Charlotte Henley Babb

This simple structure comes from Randy Ingermanson’s Snowflake Method of plotting a story: sentence one: introductory sentence. sentence two: disaster #1 sentence three: disaster #2, caused by consequences of actions taken because of disaster #1. sentence four: disaster #3, caused … Continue reading →

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